A new technology-driven treatment was found to be as effective as psychiatric medication for treating social anxiety disorder, according to a recent clinical study. The study compared gaze-contingent music reward therapy (GC-MRT), which is based on eye-tracking technology that allows for treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD) through changing attentional biases in patients, with a selective…

“Lexapro appears to relieve the symptoms of depression and anxiety by increasing serotonin,” says an ad on the Bonkers Institute, a website that archives drug ads and also satirizes pharma claims and shaky science. “Zoloft works to correct a chemical imbalance in the brain which may be related to symptoms of depression,” another ad says. “Paxil CR…

Many people take SSRI antidepressants for depression. However, it’s important to ask why you are feeling depression in the first place. Many important research strides have been made linking chronic inflammation, poor gut health, gut bacteria, and general brain health with depression. However, we still need healthy serotonin activity, the target of Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), to…